Nick, I was really proud to watch you, since I have been a fan and following your blog for a number of years. The game has been changing for awhile, and you are helping change it. I am tweeting this post.

The interviewers were only half listening to the answers, being more absorbed with what question to ask next, and the rigors of managing their time line. One of the greater flaws in broadcast journalism.

Nick, great interview. You succinctly reviewed the best way to approach job hunting. Very honest, straight forward…. direct and spontaneous…even “it just popped into my head”. Too bad the questions were the same-old, same-old.
Thanks for reinforcing your weekly job search nuggets.

Wow, I’d have to agree that the hosts’ questions indicate that they didn’t “get it”. I got the feeling the questions were mostly from a “can I spin it this way” mindset, sometimes paired with a “can I point out a he-said/she-said conflict area”.

TV is a very different medium. The anchors are sitting there with dozens of stories to cover and they’re working for the most part from teleprompters. It’s virtually impossible to discuss a topic in two 2.5 minute bursts, so you try to do your best. And you can’t just talk about what you want to talk about – as you can see, it’s all driven by questions they ask, and you just need to try to get some useful points in. My rule for doing TV is, I’ll do it if it’s a legit network and if they send a car to ferry me back and forth! (The best gig I ever did on TV was for MSNBC when it was first started – an hour-long Q&A segment in which we took questions from the audience all around the country. THAT was fun!)

Thanks for all your kind words! If you liked it and want more, take a minute and shoot a note to Bloomberg telling them so! (Don’t complain about the anchors – just ask for a longer segment on whatever topic you’re interested in.)http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/fbk?site=ae

@Melissa: You are absolutely right. Good observation and one I made when I first saw the video. I should not have mentioned Monster. And I should have said that Ask The Headhunter is the intelligent alternative to job boards, where we learn how to demonstrate our value to win a job.

Which just goes to show – no matter how experienced you are with interviews, a post mortem review is important if you want to do it better next time. I’ve watched that segment again and again, and I walk away shaking my head each time. “Coulda done it a lot better.”